Class Reference

Namespace

ModelContextProtocol.Protocol

Assembly

ModelContextProtocol.Core.dll

Represents a reference to a resource or prompt in the Model Context Protocol.

[JsonConverter(typeof(Reference.Converter))]
public abstract class Reference

Inheritance

object

Reference

Derived

PromptReference

ResourceTemplateReference

Inherited Members

object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

object.GetType()

object.MemberwiseClone()

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.ToString()

Remarks

References are commonly used with CompleteAsync(IMcpClient, Reference, string, string, CancellationToken) to request completion suggestions for arguments, and with other methods that need to reference resources or prompts.

See the schema for details.

Properties

Type

Gets or sets the type of content.

[JsonPropertyName("type")]
public string Type { get; set; }

Property Value

string

Remarks

This can be "ref/resource" or "ref/prompt".